Below is an IELTS Writing Task 1 Map Model Answer with Great Tips and also Vocabulary. The IELTS Map Model Answer is Band Score 9 and helps you see the structure, key features and language. The IELTS Map question is a comparison of three maps in different time periods for the academic writing task 1.
TIPS FOR IELTS MAPS: WRITING Task 1
Below are useful tips and techniques for writing a high band score writing task 1 map.
Types of IELTS Maps
There are a variety of maps that you can get in IELTS Writing Task 1 test:
- Changes in Towns
These types of maps focus on the expansion and layout of towns with features such as roads, buildings, land and other features of a town or city. It is most common to be given two maps, but occasionally (like in the model below) you could get three maps.
2. Changes in a Resort
This is about a holiday area which usually has different features than a town. There might be facilities such as swimming pools, nature hikes, hotels, beaches and water features. These types of tasks often compare current resorts with a future resort. However, future maps could appear as any type of map.
3. Places with Multiple Buildings and Features
Typical examples of this type of map is a school, university or hospital.
This type of map covers an area of ground containing different buildings that serve different functions. The layout is different to a town and the facilities relate only to the function of the company/institution.
4. Floor Plans
You could be given a floor plan which means it is the layout of a building on the inside showing all the rooms. Floor plans often show a past layout with a future plan to expand and alter rooms. Unlike the above maps, this one is about rooms and the functions of rooms. For example a room might have been a study in the past but there are plans to expand it and use it as a kitchen/diner.
Grammar Tenses for Map Writing
Always check the date on the maps.:
- if the map is dated in the past, you must use past tense. For example, “The hospital was located to the north side of the town”
- if the map shows a future plan, you must use future forms, such as “it will be extended and will no longer be used as an office, but instead used as a reception room.”.
- if the map is dated as “Present” or “Now”, you would use the present tense.
- If there is a comparison of dates, you must be flexible with the tenses in your sentences: “the office was located on the ground floor but in the future it will be moved to the first floor.”
- You will also notice that the passive voice is sometimes used for map reports for writing task 1.
Map KEYS and Compass Points
Sometimes your map will have a key. This is a a box of information in the map that tells you what things are called. You should pay attention to it and use that language.
Always check if the map shows north. For towns and other areas, you can always presume that north is directly up. It is important to know: north, south, east and west. Watch the video below for map vocabulary.
Structure & Paragraphing for IELTS Map Writing
Structure of Report
- Introduction – paraphrasing the description given and adding more required information
- Overview – collecting all key features into one paragraph
- Body Paragraph 1 – details of the maps
- Body Paragraph 2 – details of the maps
- Body Paragraph 3 – details of the maps (optional)
Overview: Key Features
All overviews in writing task 1 are critical to your score and are the most important paragraph. They must contain all key features. So, you need to pay attention to what changes and what stays the same. This what you highlight in your overview paragraph. The biggest mistake people make is writing only one sentence for their overview because they think it isn’t important.
Body Paragraphs
Your division of information for body paragraphs will depend on what your maps show. You might divide the information into paragraphs based in different time periods. But if you do that, you won’t be comparing. Or you could divide information based on what changes and what doesn’t. Body paragraph organisation must be logical whatever your choice.
IELTS MAP WRITING TASK 1: Model Answer
The maps below show the changes that have taken place in Meadowside village and Fonton, a neighbouring town, since 1962.
Source: Map above not produced by IELTS Liz.
IELTS Map Comparison Model Answer
The three maps illustrate how Meadowside village and Fonton, which is a nearby town, have developed from 1962 to the present.
Overall, both Fonton and Meadowside village increased in size over the years until they eventually merged together, at which point Meadowside became a suburb. Furthermore, there have been significant changes to infrastructure, housing and facilities over the period given.
In 1962, both Meadowside and Fonton were completely separate with no roads or rail connecting them. While Fonton had a railway line running to the north, Meadowside, located to the west of Fonton, only had a small road from the west.
By 1985, Meadowside had expanded and the small road had become a main road. A further main road had been built to connect the village to Fonton. Within Meadowside, a superstore, leisure complex and housing estate had been developed. By this time, Fonton had also grown in size.
Currently, Meadowside is known as Meadowside Suburbs after joining with Fonton. Between both places, a hotel, station and business park have been built on either side of the railway line.
COMMENTS about MODEL ANSWER:
- It isn’t often that you will have three body paragraphs for your IELTS Writing Task 1 report. But this maps has three time periods so it makes sense to have these body paragraphs.
- It could be possible to divide the information of body paragraphs into:
- Body Paragraph 1 – roads and railway
- Body Paragraph 2 – land and buildings
- There is no right or wrong way to organise information into body paragraphs. You are being marked on being logical in how you organise information. If it lacks logic, you get a lower score. Your organisation also needs to help highlight key features which means deciding key features during your planning state is important because it will influence your paragraphing.
- The length of all writing task 1 should be between 170 and 190 words. A longer report will be marked down for not selecting features and getting lost in detail. A shorter report will be marked for not having enough information. To learn about the marking criteria that the examiner will assess you on, click here: Writing Task 1 Band Scores Explained
Vocabulary for Maps Video
The map shown in this lesson was designed for teaching vocabulary – it not an IELTS map task.
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Hi Liz,
What do you think of this? I noticed that your sample is quite different from mine in the sense that you compared them based on size and name changes (village to suburb etc). I am uncertain if this will be acceptable plus it’s over 200 words.
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The three maps provide a comparison on the revisions made to Meadowside Village, and a town nearby called Fonton, in the years 1962, 1985, and present day.
Overall, a positive development in infrastructure can be seen in Meadowside Village and Fonton from its original state back in 1962. Today, it can be witnessed how much the two towns have expanded its scope to provide the residents with much needed accessibility, better living conditions, and increased business opportunities.
Back in 1962, Meadowside Village and Fonton were two separate pieces of land with no relation or connection to each other. By 1985, Meadowside expanded through road creation, allowing seamless access within the village itself and extending its reach to its neighboring town, Fonton, made possible by extensive road stretching from east to west. Furthermore, Meadowside developed a leisure complex in the north, a housing estate in the west and a superstore in the southwest for its villagers to maximize.
By present day, one can see how the two towns have seamlessly merged into one vast, full, and flat land, with convenient access to and from each other. A hotel, a station, and a business park are situated in the heart of the two communities, thereby providing urbanization, additional means of income to the members of both towns, and improved tourism for the location.
Although my website doesn’t offer feedback, I want to take the time to explain what the problem is with your approach because it will help you and a lot of other people reading this comment.
The issue here is that you are trying to be too descriptive. This isn’t a descriptive essay, it’s a factual report where you literally present factual information about what is shown. For example, when you write that it expanded into a “vast” land – this is descriptive. The word vast means enormous which we might use in relation to a mega city, but this map shows a town and a village. The map also doesn’t compare how vast this is to a city in order to use this word for the purposes to reporting scale (size on a map). Even if the map did show scale of expansion in relation to a mega city, we still wouldn’t use “vast” because it is the wrong language for factual report writing for IELTS, we would use “extreme expansion” or “considerable expansion” or something similar instead. So, you aren’t being factual with information or language, you are being descriptive. The town certainly expanded, but we don’t quantify it because the scale isn’t really shown.
Also you use the word “flat” land. This map doesn’t show mountains or valleys. A topographical map is a map that shows rises and falls in the land including the height and depth of the mountains and valleys. This isn’t a topographical map. When you aim for description, you go the wrong way for a factual report and also you go in the wrong direction for how Task Achievement (25% of your marks) is assessed. One part of Task Achievement is about not adding information that doesn’t exist and not being misleading about what it shown on the paper, your descriptions give incorrect and misleading information. Your comment about “additional means of income” counts as information not given at all. This map does not contain an extra table which illustrates how people’s income has increased. This is just your interpretation of the map – not what is actually given. You also mention tourism, but again there is no extra table or chart given which shows details of how tourism has expanded in that area. All of these details are from your imagination, not because IELTS have presented that information to you specifically. Your task in IELTS is not to interpret or give opinion, but to simply report what you see with your eyes and write specifically what is given on the paper without trying to explain why this has happened or the consequences, unless those details are specific presented on the paper. This is why having good English isn’t enough for IELTS writing. You must understand the band scores and the requirements of the higher band scores. You can find a great link to band score information and marking on my main writing task 2 page: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-writing-task-1-lessons-and-tips/
I am so grateful for this feedback Liz. I just realized I was making similar errors of adding descriptive information. If this question type comes up in my IELTS task 1 test tomorrow just know you just steered me away from the path of confidently flunking it. Forever grateful for this.
Good luck tomorrow!!
The given illustration presents the changes that occurred in Meadowside village and its neighboring town, Fonton, from 1962 to the present. Overall, Meadowside village saw a lot of development in the first 23 years. However, at present, there were no noticeable constructions among the towns except for improved transportation and facilities between them.
Initially, Meadowside village and Fonton both had no facilities. However, in the next 25 years, construction work was carried out and stores, housing societies were built. Furthermore, both towns were connected with each other; a leisure complex was also built for Meadowside village.
At present, both towns are further expanded and connected by many means of transport. That includes roads and a train station. A hotel was also built in the middle of the towns. The business park is now active and located across the road in front of the business park.
mam plz tell me what i need to improve to get atleast 7
My model answer is there for you to compare with. Look at the layout of paragraphs and the content of each paragraph to see what you need to change.
Hi ma’am Liz, my IELTS tutor told me not to start the Overview with the word ” Overall “. But I’m really confused. she told me that I should include two main features in the overview with numbers and data because 80% of task 1 masks are allocated in overview. she said there’s no need to summarise many important things in Overview. but I saw in many videos that in overview I shouldn’t write any specific numbrts, instead I should summarize all the important points in it. please tell me what is correct in madam as I’m confused. moreover, my exam is in few days. I always watch your videos, and they helped me a lot in writing. please guide me on this matter. All my hopes are on you 🙏🏻.
I’m sorry to hear you are being given this kind of advice. It is bad advice and does not show any clear understanding of the marking criteria. You are being marked on suitable and appropriate use of linking words. The best linking words for a conclusion are “In conclusion” or “To conclude” and the best words to indicate an overview are of course “Overall”. These linking words are not just acceptable, they are preferable.
The overview contains the key features – all key features. Limiting yourself to only two key features is something that has been invented by your teacher and does not exist in the marking for IELTS at all. Limiting yourself to only two key features also limits the entire overview and this will limit your score. Nearly all tasks in task 1 have more than two key features.
The overview is a descriptive paragraph which highlights key features. These statements do not need to be supported by data. Your body paragraphs will contain all specific details of the whole task and each statement in the body paragraphs must be supported by data. So, basically, the overview summarises the key points and the body paragraphs give all the details of everything with data to support it all. Furthermore, it is definitely not a fact that 80% of the marks are allocated to the overview. That is nonsense. There is no such marking or rules for IELTS in relation to the overview. Certainly, it is a key paragraph to nail, but to claim that 80% of your marks is allocated to two or three sentences is frankly ridiculous.
There really isn’t much more I can say because I repeat these details of task 1 all the time. All this advice isn’t just tips and techniques from a teacher, it all follows the way writing task 1 is marked. However, ultimately, you must decide for yourself. Be logical in your approach to IELTS. It isn’t a trick test and most things in the test follow logic and common sense. Wishing you lots of luck!
The diagrams given below compare the current layout of Meadowside village and its neighboring town, Fonton with those in 1962 and in 1985.
Overall, both Meadowside village and Fonton experienced numerous changes, specifically in terms of increasing land area to eventually merge together. Furthermore, there has been significant urbanization, as the housing and infrastructure facilities have greatly developed.
In 1962, Meadowside village was a bare land with no railway tracks and a small road from the west, whereas Fonton, located to the east of Meadowside was a separate land with a railway track running through it. From 1962 to 1985, Meadowside village exhibited substantial development growing into a larger village with a housing estate in the west, a super store in the south, a leisure complex in the east and wider roads. Notably, during this period, Fonton’s land area increased in size and a connection between the two towns was established via road.
The growth of these two areas has continued to the current date, consequently, resulting in the land areas joining together to form one large town ultimately forming Meadowside suburbs. The railway lines that belonged to Fonton, has now been extended alongside the road to reach a station. To the north of this station, a hotel has been constructed and opposite the station, on the other side of the road, a business park is now present.
The maps depicts the layout of Meadowside village and Fonton in 1962 and what modifications have experienced from 1985 until now.
Overall, the size of Meadowside village and Fonton has been largened in favour of significant alertations to infrastructure, commercial and residential facilities which have been added.
In the initial period surveyed, Meadowside village and Fonton were located separately, the former in the east and the latter in the opposite side. Railway line was laid through Fonton from the north to the west. Similarly, there was small road to the east upon the village.
The given map indicates the alters which have occurred in meadowside rural a neighboring fonton from 1962 until now. As it is clear, The maps show an expanding trend and how meadowside has developed during this time.
In 1962, Meadowside was a small village on the west side of the town and two local paths made connections between the village and other parts. However, it wasn’t a stable situation because Meadowside became bigger than in the past and created two roads which through the pass of the village made a connection to Fonton. Furthermore, several places were added to the meadow side in 1985. In addition, The Fonton was developed on the west side in 1985.
The Meadowside village has developed and become a part of Fonton while in1962 was a small village and now is a suburb of Fonton town and these days was build a rail station, business park and a hotel near the main road.
These three maps demonstrated the layout of a village named Meadowside and its neighborhood in the respective years 1962, 1985 and present time . Basically, over the period of time this village converted into well developed suburb area with numerous changes taken place in terms of infrastructure.
Initially, in year 1962 meadowside was a village with almost very empty spaces and there was not any connecting road available to its neighborhood Fonton. Although, in year 1985 a link road was built to connect both areas. Other infrastructure developments that took place was a leisure club, a targeted area for housing and a super market.
Now comparing with current scenario, Meadowside is transformed into suburban area which is expanded towards Fonton. In the midst of this area a hotel, a station is built. Additionally a business park also built in front of main linking highway.
Hi, do we have to mention that the housing complex was build to the west or is it sufficient to just mention buildings that were built?
Generally, you would give locations. However, it really depends on how much information there is to relate. If there is a lot of information, you would choose how to present it differently to if there was only a bit of information. There are no fixed rules. Task 1 is a short report aimed at being around 170-190 words. Rarely does it go over 200 and if it does, it would only be around 210 words. Also, it is designed to be completed in just 20 mins. So, if you take those things into consideration, you’ll make certain choices and this is what you plan before you start writing.
Hi Liz, shouldn’t we maintain the writing task 1 structure as follows: Introduction, Overview, Detailed Paragraph 1 and Detailed Paragraph 2? But, here you have shown five paragraphs containing the whole essay. Could you help to solve my confusion?
The first thing to note is that task 1 is not an essay. It’s really important that you realise this. Task 2 is an essay and task 1 is a report. This is why the sentence structures are similar, language is similar and structure is similar.
Regarding organisation of paragraphs, IELTS is testing your ability to group information together into paragraphs. There are no set rules for how many paragraphs you might have. But logically, you can see that in a short report (and IELTS reports are short), you will need an introduction, an overview and body paragraphs (plural). It is most likely that you will only need 2 body paragraphs. Almost all task 1 will have only two. But three are sometimes needed. That is why I create these model answers. I want you to see what must stay the same and where there is flexibility.
So, you are doing the right thing in spotting these differences. But just know that if I’ve done it in a model answer, then it’s safe to do. My model answers are safe to learn from and I am careful in how I create them for learning purposes.
Hi liz i hope you are doing well
i had one question
in your map essay you categorise it to five paragraph is that possible to do it in any writing task1 because to my knowledge most of the time we make it four
and thank you for your assistance
The first thing to realise is that writing task 1 is a report, not an essay. Secondly, there are no fixed rules for the number of paragraphs. Most reports will have two body paragraphs, but occasionally you’ll get a task that requires three. It all depends on the information given in the task.
The maps show the changes that have taken place in meadowside village and a neighbouring town called Fonton since 1962. It shows meadowside village and Fonton town as two independent places in 1962 with no road or rail linking them. However, both places have now been connected by a road and a few other infrastructure have been constructed between them.
Overall, the maps show a significant growth in both places between 1962,1985 and now. The development started in 1985 with a housing estate, leisure complex and a superstore, all established in meadowside village. A road was also constructed this particular year linking meadowside village with Fonton town. Both places also expanded in terms of land mass between 1962 and 1985.
Currently, meadowside village has become a suburb and is presently called meadowside suburb, it has also further expanded and completely merged with Fonton town. Additionally, a hotel, station and bus park have been built between both places.
In conclusion, it is obvious that both meadowside village and fonton town have immensely seen major growth and development between 1962 and now.
I don’t usually comment, but I will say this:
The overview is the most important paragraph in task 1. It contains all key features, not data and details. It is an general view of the main stages or main changes. You can’t have an overview and a conclusion in a report for task 1. Just the overview is required.
The map illustrates Meadowside village and Fonton and how they have developed over the years 1962, 1985 and presently.
Overall, Meadowside village has become bigger and is now Meadowside suburb as it has merged with Fonton. There are new roads connecting the two villages and new buildings have been built.
In 1962, Meadowside village and Fonton lie on either side not connected by road or rail. But it is visible that Fonton had a rail running through it from the north to the east. On the other hand, Meadowside village had a small road passing through it; it started in the north and moved to the west.
As we move to 1985, we can see that Meadowside village has been expanded and now facilitates a housing estate along with a leisure complex beside it. Across the road that runs through the village which was previously only a small road and is now a main road, we are able to notice the presence of a superstore on the south of the residential area which first appeared in 1985. It is noticeable that there is a road that passes through the village and Fonton from the west to east.
In terms of now, Meadowside is now a suburb. A new rail has emerged towards the east starting from a station located in the center of the two places. Just above the station is where the hotel is situated. Below the station, we can see the business park as well.
Hi can you please correct my mistakes and let me know if there is anything I can do to make this better. And what is a score that I can expect?
The maps presents the development of the urbanization in Meodowside village and the nearest located town Fonton, from year 1962.
Meodowside and Fonton started far apart from eachother, but have gradually been structured over time into a bigger town with linking roads, trainroad tracks, and new-built housing.
In 1962 Meodowside village was situated singularly, without any connection to Fonton. The small village had a smaller road passing through. Fonton had only a trainway track going through town.
Under the period up until 1985, there was a significant change. Looking at the middle map, Meodowside has developed to a larger village and buildings as the housing estate and a superstore were constructed in additional.
The small road was built wider and another linking road was shaped between the town and village.
After the year 1985, the infrastructure changed massively. A hotel with a nearby trainstation and a business park have been reinforced. Comparing now to 1962 shows a big difference and total connection creating a town out of the the prior village and town.
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The map illustrates the information about the development of Meadowside and Fonton over three periods of time. Overall, it can be seen from the map that there was no development of Meadowside and Fonton in 1962. Meanwhile, in the present, there are so many facilities, including housing estate, superstore, hotel, train station and business park.
Initially, in 1962, there was no development in the landscape in the middle of area. There is only a road ran through Meadowside village and a railway in Fonton as well. Moreover, in 1985, a housing estate, superstore and leisure complex were built in Meadowside village. The road was upgraded to concrete road and connected to Fonton. Additionally, Fonton area was bigger than the 1962.
In the present, a hotel, train station and business park is built between Meadowside suburbs and Fonton. In addition, train station is connected to Fonton. Meadowside suburbs and Fonton area have merged into one major landscape.
Three maps are shown, depicting the composition of Meadowside village and the neighbouring town of Fonton in 1962, 1985, and in the present.
Overall, one can retrace the development and growth of the two communities with first, the building of a bigger and connecting road through Meadowside village into an enlarged Fonton and second, the incorporation into one continuously populated area with new shared infrastructures.
By 1985, the previously smaller road through Meadowside village had been rebuilt into a larger road, including a new section dividing from its curved path, leading straight into the town of Fonton. Further infrastructural changes have only been made after 1985. Nowadays, a novel railway terminus is situated in the area between the two communities, that provides access to the Fonton railway.
In terms of other buildings, both communities had grown considerably by 1985, with the map illustrating a housing estate, leisure complex and superstore located within Meadowside village. Since then, this housing estate has increased further, and a hotel and business park have been built next to the new station, centered in between the once two communities.
connecting the formerly beforehand separate communities.
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The maps depict both Meadowside village and Fonton town in their present and past appearances, dating back to 1985 and 1962.
Overall, it can be clearly seen that not only have the town and village been developed, they are also connected to each other among the considered periods. Similarly, a number of infrastructures have been developed.
In 1962, Fonton and Meadowside were ordinary towns and villages with no interconnection, but they had their own roots. In Meadowside village, there was a road expanding to the south-west of the village and north, and Fonton had a rail road running in the middle of the town. By the year 1985, for the first time, the village and the town had joined each other with the construction of a road. Furthermore, in Meadowside Village, there had been built a supermarket, a housing state, and a leisure complex to the southern part, to the western part, and to the northern part, respectively.
By present, both Meadowside village and Fonton town have been totally connected. There is a station right in the middle of town, a hotel to the north, and a business park to the south. And there is a noticeable extension of the railway to the middle of the town. Furthermore, the name of the village has been changed to Meadowside Suburs.
The maps show the development projects taking place in both Meadowside Village and Fonton, which is a neighboring town, from 1962 to the present era. Overall, there were significant changes in both towns, Meadowside village were extended in size and has become a Surber area. There is some infrastructure, a housing estate, and a leisure complex. Meadowside Village is connected by a main road to the Fonton.
In 1992, both Meadowside Village and Fonton Town were completely separated. There is a railway track in Fonton Town, which runs through its North side, and a road in Meadowside Village which runs from its west side.
In 1985, some changes were made in Meadowside Village. An estate housing and a complex leisure wade made on its North side and a superstore at its south side. Moreover, Meadowside Village was extended by a main road, which connect it to Fonton Town directly.
At that present time, another railway track has been made, which comes from the Western side of Fonton Town. There is also a station made there. A business park has been constructed on the opposite side of the railway station. Besides this, a hotel has been constructed here. Shortly, it can be said that these two towns are completely merged.
The maps illustrate the developments that took place in the Meadowside village and its neighbouring town, Fonton since 1962. There are 3 maps and they show the same region across 3 different dates (1962, 1985, and current).
Overall, initially Fonton Town appears considerably larger than Meadowside village but as time passed, the meadowside village grew in size. It can be observed that Meadowside village had more changes compared to Fonton town. Currently, Meadowside village and Fonton Town are interlinked with many buildings and roads.
In 1962, Meadowside village had only one road passing through it which ran from the west to north while Fonton had a railway line from north to the east. The two did not have any interlinks between them for commute. By 1985 however, Meadowside village grew rapidly, with the road being expanded and a new section of road had been laid out to reach Fonton Town. The village had a housing estate, leisure complex, and a super-store.
Currently, Meadowside Village has transformed into Meadowside Suburbs and a new railway line has been established in Fonton Town which ends in a station situated nearly in the centre of the two localities. The Hotel lies to the north of the station compared to the business park being located in the south. The business park can be accessed from the road linking Meadowside suburbs and Fonton Town.
The maps provide information about two neighbouring settlements, Meadowside(a village) and Fonton(a town), which have undergone development in the space of 60years.
Overall, there has been development in the infrastructure, housing and transport systems in both Meadowside and Fonton, and the two areas have increased in size over the years.
Notably, there was a huge difference in both the size of Meadowside and its infrastructures between 1962 to 1985 as housing estate, leisure complex and super store were all constructed in 1985 as opposed to the lack of these facilities in 1962 in the village. In the same period, Fonton town was developed with increased size and construction of road passing from the southeast to the southwest, connecting Meadowside and Fonton together.
At the moment, both Meadowside and Fonton has been transformed with amenities such as station, business park and a hotel which serve both the suburb and the town.
Impressively, while Meadowside was merely a village up till 1985, it is now a suburb area. Also, Fonton town and Meadowside are now connected together as their sizes have increased to joining each other.
you need to describe the map. stating the location of the buildings developed using the map axis will be better..
Hi Liz,
I hope you are doing great on your job. I just want to know that if you have released any updated article for IELTS writing recently as I believe that structure of IELTS writing is modernized by the changes of time. Thank you so much in advance for your response.
The writing test hasn’t changed. The format is the same as it always was. The marking is the same. The techniques are the same. Nothing has changed.
Thank you for this update
You’re welcome 🙂
The map illustrate the change that foncton and meadowside village went through in three time periods (1962, 1985 and the present).
Overall, the two neighbors used to be separate with no road or railway connection whatsoever, the two entities managed to grow over time, first to be linked with a road and merged at the end with new different infrastructure facilities.
in 1962, Meadowside village had only one small road coming from the west of the village and heading north. Meanwhile, foncton had a railway coming from the north, passing through the city and going west.
in 1985, the only road in Meadowise village got increased with an extention linking to it’s neighboring village and going east.Furthermore, a housing estate and a leisure complex were builled north of the West-East road, and a superstore was constructed on the south side of the that road.
Currently, Meadowside village name changed to Meadowside suburbs as it merged with foncton, a new business park was constructed south to the East-west road, a new train station was build at the center of the merging neighbors with a new railroad linked to the old one, north of it, a hotel was build.
The maps illustrate the progress occurred in Meadowside village and its neighbor, Fonton in three different time periods.
Overall, there were significant changes clearly seen in these two areas, one of which is their merging at present.
In detail, both Meadowside and Fonton were separated in 1962. The foremost was still a small village with steep road that passed from north to west. The latter, on the other hand was larger in size with rail ran through north to east.
Meanwhile, in 1985 both towns increased their land areas. There were leisure complex, superstore and housing built in Meadowside. Moreover, the steep road was converted into wider roads, one of which was extended to Fonton.
At present, Meadowside village which is now a suburb is combined with Fonton. Hotel and station has been established in the eastern side with newly built business park adjacent to the main road connected to Fonton. Alternatively, Fonton formed additional railway across west nearby suburb.
This map illustrates how Meadowside village and Fonton , which is neighbour town, have developed over three different times (1982, 1985 and now).
Now Meadowside village is grown much more than 1982, it is merge with Fonton and grown significate infrastructure,
1962, this two village were completely separated. There where no rail and Road transportation, they didn’t have any kind of communication. They was only road from west.
1985, there was growth in Meadowside village, there was Leisure Complex, Housing Estate in west. Super Store in south. Small road converted to main road and also extended to Fonton has also developed.
Now, they are now connected through subways and fonton is now joined .They are more developed. Railways are built in west and run in fonton where the station are built. To north side of the station, a hotel is construction and opposite the station . There is the business park built in south.
Hi Liz !
Thank you so much for sharing with us such a well-explained essay.
I found your website veru useful. I will take IELTS exam in the coming month and I will inform my score with you.
Sincerely,
Anvar
Good luck!
The way you explain is extremely beautiful like you. And apologies if i am crossing my limit but your smile could make anyone’s day. Thank you for providing all the information regarding task 1 and 2. Keep smiling.
That’s a lovely comment. Thank you. I’m glad my lessons are useful 🙂
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The map illustrates the meadowside village and Fonton which are the neighbouring towns, have developed over the different time periods from 1962, 1985 and the present era.
Overall, the Meadowside village developed their infrastructure which includes transportation, buildings, hotels etc and connected with the Fonton town.
In 1962, both the villages Fonton and Meadowside were not developed as there was no means of transportation between these two places. While Fonton had a railway line running from the north to eastern side of the village. Whereas Meadowside had a small road running from the northern part to western side of the village.
In 1985, there has been considerable changes in both the villages, especially in Meadowside village. The small road which was running from north towards the western part of the region had been converted into a highway road and the southern part of this road were merged with another road line which connects to Fonton village. Since then travelling between two villages became more convenient. Moreove in Meadowside village three important landmarks were added to their infrastructure, the Leisure complex in the western part, Housing estate in the eastern side and Super store at the southern area of the village.
At present both the villages were developed by improving the mode of transportation, as new connection railway lines were constructed from the western part of Fonton towards the centre location between two villages. To enhance the tourist economy of this area, they built a hotel behind the railway station and the business park on the opposite side of the station towards the south.
The map compares the development of Meadowside Village and its neighboring town Fonton throughout three periodical times (1962, 1985, and present time). Overall, the size area of the village and the town have increased and both areas become one union with Meadownside become a suburb area under Fonton administration. There are also developments in infrastructures such as roads, railways, housing, and business center.
In initial year, Meadowside was only a small village with a small road crossing through the village. Located in the east of the village, there was Fonton, a neighboring town with railway running through it. However, there was no road that is channeling both areas.
In 1985, the size of both areas increased. The big road was built in this year, being the hub between the village and the town. There were also a development in infrastructure, as housing estate, leisure complex, and superstore were built in Meadowside village.
In present time, these two areas eventually merge as one, results in Meadowside became a suburb under Fonton town. They also built some facilities in area between Fonton town and the suburbs, such as hotel and business park. The railway line which once was only running through Fonton now extends to Meadowside as a new station was built around there.
The maps indicate the developments of a village called Meadowside and of a near town called Fonton, over a period started in 1962.
Overall, it can be seen that over the period in question the village and the town were expanded with the addition of a motorway and some facilities. Nowadays, Fonton and Meadowside are connected to each other.
In 1962 the village covered a small area and was crossed by a small street. In the following thirteen years it was improved, with the additions of a leisure complex, a housing estate and a super-store. Also Fonton was expanded and the two sites, in 1985, were connected with a motorway, which crossed both of them, from west to east.
Now, Meadowside and Fonton share only one area. To the west, there are Meadowside suburbs and to the east there is Fonton. The most noticeable additions are the hotel which is collocated between them in the north of the area, the station, built along the motorway and the business park.
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The rendered map illustrates the information about the improvments in town namely frenton in 32 years between 1990 to 2012.
Overall, it can be clearly seen from the map that there were tremendous changes after three decades in frenton. Se buldings had been improved.
At the outset , school and library were only buildings which stay unchanged and in west side of high street . Trees were cut down to set up a techpark in left bottom side of town, further more , there was a bank beside the school was converted to restaurant . Hospital in the centre had been axpanded .
Proceeding further , bottom playing feild with trees was demolished in order to make blocks of flates , new flats also opened alongside high street . Houses were changed to flats. There were cafe and park in east side of town which were improved into hotel and golf course . Theatre and shops were modernized in cimema as well as supermarket in last year
Hey Liz, i just want to know that can we write things in brackets as you have done in introduction, is it accepted in ielts.
Yes, of course. It’s 100% fine and in fact very useful for Writing Task 1. However, don’t overuse them. You need to vary the way you present data. They are mainly useful for line graphs, bar charts, tables and pie charts.
The map shows the different development for three years (1962,1985 and currently) in Meadowside village and Foton, a neighbouring town.
In general, the small road was replaced by big two main roads. One of them running through the Meadoside village and the other crossing the south-east of Foton. The two states have been together in the present and the size of the place was increased. There are more buildings were constructed during the three years.
In 1962, the village was spirited from the other. Also, there were no buildings and connecting the main road between them. The size of tow places was small. However, Foton was bigger than the village.
In 1985, Meadowside village constructed by lot of buildings such as ( i can’t see the names)
On the other hand, Foton remains the same thing without any buildings except the size of the place which has been increased during the period.
In the present, the two places become bigger together and the have been untied by a big road accessing the place from the southeast to the southwest. And the other one from the north ending with the previous road. Between the main roads in. northeast there has been built a hotel and a station. So the number of entertainment buildings has been increased.
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Hi, Liz,
Hope you are safe. I have a doubt about your writing task 1 practise charts.
Which tense to use for the map “an island before and after the construction of some tourist facilities”?
It would depend on the fixed date. If the before date is in the past, you use past tense. If the after date is in our current past, you use past tense. However, if it is in our future, you use the future forms. English grammar rules apply as normal to IELTS.
Thank you, Liz, but there are no dates in the question only before and after. That’s why I’m confused.
Where did you find this question? Which IELTS Cambridge book did you find it in?
Pardon, the section’s name is ” IELTS CHARTS FOR PRACTICE”.
I know the one. You use past tense for “before” and present tense of “after”.
Thank you so much, Liz. Thank you for your valuable time.
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Its clear now Liz . Thankyou so much for quick response and help.
Hi Liz !
I wanna ask how is this task 1 estimated at band score 9 as it has 200+ words. I read in one of your reply that band score 9 has words between 170 and 190.
Can you please elaborate?
Thanks
Don’t confuse advice with rules. There is no upper limit for words. However, you should aim for between 160 and 190 words (more or less). Writing more might lead you to add more detail and also increase your chances of making more language errors. You don’t get a particular band score because you have written a particular number of words. As I am fully trained and also a native English speaker, I can get away with reaching slightly over 200, but even so, most of my model answers fall just under 190 words.
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Dear Liz
I heard that there is a new rule of British Council that there should write a conclusion in Writing part 1? Is it true?
No. Writing task 1 is a report and you will see on the band score descriptors published by IELTS that the examiner is looking for an overview. Some people write a conclusion which is actually an overview – that is fine. It is about content and functionality. A conclusion traidtionally contains your opinions summarised – task 1 cannot contain opinions. A conclusion traditionally restates main points – task 1 cannot have repeated information. An overview is the one and only paragraph containing the key features of the task – it can be put after the introduction or at the end – some people put it at the end and call it an conclusion. That is the reason you are confused.
@Liz, which one is the best and good for achieving the IELTS band score.
1. Introduction > Overview > Paragraph 1 > Paragraph 2.
2. Introduction with overview > Paragraph 1 > PParagraph 2 > Conclusion.
I am really so confused between above them. Please share your opinion.
See this page to learn: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-writing-task-1-lessons-and-tips/. Use everything I have written to train yourself. That is the purpose of this site 🙂 The answer is there for you to find 🙂
Is it a must to write a conclusion in Task 1? Many people say, that you lose marks if there is no conclusion paragraph
You are immediately penalised if you do not write a conclusion in task 2. You are also immediately penalised if you do not write an overview in task 1.
I have heard that there should be no conclusion or overview in diagrams of writing task 1
That is completely untrue. ALL writing task 1, for the academic paper, MUST have an Overview.
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Hi Liz,I just wanna know if it is a band 9 sample ?!
And as i realize from this sample , each paragraph explains about only the related map.I want to know whether we need to compare all the three maps with each other or not.
In writing task 1, you compare when necessary – it is not necessary to compare all things at all times. You task is to write a report which is about reporting features – comparison often only comes in the overview. For a diagram, it sometimes doesn’t come at all. For some bar charts (not all) it is the main feature of the report. Each task type is different.
Hello Mam…some IELTS coaching institutes say that we should write overall in task 1 academci at last instead of after introduction because it also also like a conclusion and we write conclusion always at last…is it okay with this?
There are no fixed rules about this in IELTS. You can choose the position of the overview. However, remember that this is not an essay – it is a report.
This task contain much more words than 150
…i think we are suppose to write upto Maximum 180 word…
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Your task is to write over 150 words. A high band score task 1 will usually have between 170 and 190 words. On the whole, it is best to avoid 200 words plus in order to reduce the density of errors and show the ability to select information.
Dear Liz
can we write “Meadowside village has been increased in size” But you have written “Meadowside village increased i size” we can still see that the village has increased.But why didn’t you write it in present perfect passive.Please clarify
Meadowside village increased in size” is correct. You would not choose a passive voice for that statement.
I just watched your Map video Liz, in that you told that we should use the key ( Housing area), (town center) to change into small letters but in this model band 9 sample response it isn’t changed into small letters (meadows and fonton). Pls kindly clarify my doubt. Thanks to YOU
You need to listen much more carefully to my video lessons. I did not say you remove ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. I said you must adapt the headings or labels to make them grammatically correct when you write them in a sentence. The word “Tennis” is usually given with a capital letter in a bar chart, but we do not use a capital letter with that word in an English sentence. The word “Food” might have a capital letter in a graph, but we don’t use it with a capital letter in an English sentence. You need to look at your map or chart and decide which headings must have the capital letter changed to make it grammatically correct in a sentence. Do you understand now?
Hotel has been constructed or hotel has constructed . What is duffernce between both sentences. Is it same meaning? Plz help me 🙏
The first is passive voice. You need to learn when to use it and when to use active voice.
The difference is bellow:
someone has constructed the hotel
the hotel has been constructed by someone
Writing task 1 I do not feel like writing properl.So learn me
This website is for people learning IELTS skills for a high score. It is not for people struggling with English. If your English level is not strong, you will need to improve your English before you think about IELTS.
Hlw, in this task there are more than 4 paragraphs but in your video you told that there will be 4 paragraphs .. is it fine to write more paragraphs?? I am so confused now
The most common is 4. There is no fixed rule about the number of paragraphs for IELTS writing – only advice. It also depends on the task you are given and the information in the map or graph.